7334 - Licensing services for the right to use trademarks and franchises

7339 - Licensing services for the right to use other non-financial intangible assets

Explanatory note

This group includes:

- permitting, granting or otherwise authorizing the use of intangible produced assets. This covers all rights to exploit these intangible assets, such as licensing to third parties; reproducing and publishing software, books, etc.; using patented designs in production processes to produce new goods and so on. Limited end user licenses, which are sold as part of a product (e.g. packaged software, books) are not included here.

Note: Granting the right to use non-produced assets is generally excluded, as this does not constitute a service within the System of National Accounts (SNA). However, granting the right to use patented entities, trademarks and franchises is, by exception, considered a service in the SNA and therefore included here.